Polarsteps Travel

I used Polar Steps to document my 2 month long successful quest to become the first female seaplane pilot to circumnavigate mainland Australia. I encountered a few glitches (in early 2024) editing the track both on iphone & Windows laptop, but they might be fixed now. My brother, who is a pilot is now using it. While I haven't purchased any photo books, I love that they are possible. I also like that viewers don't have to download anything or login unless they want to comment or follow.

I've tried a couple different journaling apps now that I've retired and have been traveling. I did not find any as good as PolarSteps. Easy to use and so versatile, journal my thoughts and impressions, photos, videos, ability to attach website, and the sharing feature for my family & friends back home to track and enjoy my adventure as I go. def a 5 star experience

Polarsteps makes sharing our travels with family and friends easy. I'm still figuring out how to use the app more effectively so I have less editing when I get home but I am enjoying learning. I have three travel books from past trips that are lovely and were simple to create. I've also used the Polarsteps guides for planning and found some great tips.

I used to keep a handwritten travel journal, but now this app has made it way more convenient to journal about my travels because I don’t have to carry it around! This app is phenomenal! The ability to add things while you’re offline is such a lifesaver, I write entries while I’m commuting somewhere or in my free time without service. It’s much better than Instagram because its sole purpose is traveling. And having the ability to share and follow others is so much fun! My dad is currently in Asia and it’s so fun to see his steps along his journey because he would never participate in social media to post things. And it makes looking back on your travels way easier! The interface is super easy to use, and I love that it suggests steps based on photos you take in different locations. It really helps me keep track of my travel timeline. This app is so cool and I am so grateful for it!! The ONLY qualm I have is uploading videos longer than one minute haha. Other than that, I absolutely LOVE this app and have recommended it to all my friends when they go abroad. They also say they love it!

I absolutely love this app so far and you can tell because i NEVER write reviews for apps. I've been using a page on Notion to organize all my memories and photos, and while notion is amazing, this is so much better for keeping track of everything in my life i have been lucky enough to experience in my adventures and daily life. Beyond just traveling, which I unfortunately haven't been able to do much of yet, it is just so great for organizing my life. I have three big suggestions for improving the app, however. The first is that I really wish there was a gallery view option for the photos in each step. I really dislike that i have to scroll through all of the photos to see a specific photo or video i uploaded, and i think adding a option to see a gallery view of the photos would be great for instant access to all the memories. Additionally, I think it would be amazing if you could "collaborate" with others on the app for trips. I'm planning a trip with my friend to mexico soon, and it would be nice if there was an option to tag others or contribute to a shared trip. Finally, while i love the flags concept, I do think it would be a cherry on top to have a "digital passport" kinda thing, where you can flip through a (fake) passport of all your countries with their stamps and have them all in one place given that physical passports do expire eventually. Besides these, I love this app so far and i can't wait to keep using it!

I’ve been traveling for a month and found out about this from a fellow traveler. It’s brilliant in concept but I cannot get it to track my current trip. It synced all of my trips from 7 years ago from my photos with all gps location details, and attached photos to those locations. But the point of me using it is for my current trip and it is just a blank slat. Does not import my photos, location, or dates at all. I’ve done everything I can think of, went into a deep dive in my iOS settings, went through the trip settings, my account settings, read through pretty much the ENTIRE help center, scoured Reddit, updated my phone, deleted my account and reinstalled it, restarted my phone etc and NOTHING WORKS!! It wants me to add everything manually down to the date I flew and the location I flew into and then the next place I stayed etc but at no point does it ever finally pick up in syncing to fill the info in. I ended the trips, restarted the trip, every thing I can possibly think of and NOTHING works. What is the point in using this for your friends and family to track your travels if it only syncs trip details after you arrive back home?!?! The only trips it syncs are ones where I’ve ended AND flown back to my home location. Otherwise this stupid thing is WORTHLESS and you might as well just post on social media because it will be endlessly less frustrating!!!